Survivor Reality TV Show - Big Premier
Is it really “The Last Eden”? The setting for the latest installment of Survivor is a beautiful country called Gabon. Located on the West African coastline, it is an equatorial country made up of 85% rainforest. It looks like they picked another great location for the 17th season.
The Survivor reality TV Show decided to start with a two hour season premier, which means that two tribe members were voted off on the first night. Both members came from the Fang tribe which already appears to be severely outmatched. They lost three out of three challenges and are already down two players to what appears to be a much stronger Kota tribe.
The first player voted out was Michelle. With only one friend she seemed to have no interest in her tribe, calling them “the dumbest people on earth”. She was an easy target for the first Tribal Counsel. The second person voted out, and possibly the loudest snorer, was 61 year old Gillian. The tribe felt that Gillian was the weakest member of the tribe after having to push her up a hill on the first challenge.
Exile Island is back but with a new twist. This season the players that are sent to Exile Island are given a choice between getting a clue to the location of the hidden immunity idol and having a more luxurious night on the island. Dan was the first player to visit the island. He chose the clue and spent hours looking for the idol with no success.
Randy, a 49 year old Wedding Videographer, was the first injury of the season. He hit his head in the dark of night and had to call in the medical support team to look at the resulting cut. The injury produced a lot of blood and required some stitches but doesn’t appear as though it will affect Randy’s standing in the game unless it gets infected.
The apparently superior Kota tribe wasted no time forming alliances. The first alliance was formed by Charlie and Marcus. Charlie, a gay lawyer, made no attempt to conceal his crush on Marcus, a straight doctor. Marcus, although not interested in a romance, was interested in an alliance. Before the end of the evening, Jacquie and Corinne joined the alliance.
Survivor Gabon looks like it will be another successful season with all of the reality TV we have become accustomed to. It’s already shaping up with the usual helping of fighting, romance, back stabbing, and shrinking bodies barely covered in “buffs”.
